Chase.



A. A. HENZI.

CHASE. A-PPLICATION FILED FEB. 27.1915.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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ALBERT A. HENZI, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOSS PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CHASE.

Application filed February 27, 1915.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it lknown that I, ALBERT A.. HENZI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to chases and particularly to the means provided forV locking a form in the chase.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide an arrangement of parts by which the form can be very quickly and easily locked 4in position in the.chase.`

It is another object of my invention to improve devices of thistype in sundryde-` tails hereinafter pointed out.

The preferred means by which I have accomplished my objects, by which I am enabled to lockthe form inv the chase by a single operation of a single part, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter' specically described.

That which I believe to be new and wishy to'cover by this application is set forth in the claims. f

In the drawings Figure 1 is atop or plan view of a construction embodying the preferred form of my improvements, two of the sides of the chase there shown being .broken away, Fig. 2 is a detail, being a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 isa top view of a modified form of construction, being also partly broken away.

Referring to Figs. 1 and2, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,-1O indicates a chase provided with a footstick 11 anda sidestick 12, by which the form is adapted to be suitably locked in the chase, as willbe readily understood, the side-stick 12 being adapted to be brought into firm engagement with the end of the foot-stick 11. The bot tom bar of the chase 10 is milled outat a plurality of points along its inner edge 'to provide for the insertion of links 13 which are pivotally secured in position therein by means of pins 14. The opposite ends of the links13 are inserted inrecesses milled out of one edge of a `bottom locking-bar 15 where such links are pivotally secured by means of pins 16, wherebyl the bottom locking-bar 15 is adapted by its longitudinal movement to be moved toward and from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1915.

serial No. 10,932.

bottom bar of the chase. The outer edge of the side-stick 12 is also milled out at a plurality of points to provide for the insertion of links 17 which are pivotally secured in the milled out recesses by means of pins 18. The opposite endsof the links 17 are inserted in Suitable recesses milled out of the inner edge of a side locking-bar 19 in which recesses the links are pivotallj;

21 indicates a screw secured by means of screw-threads in the end of the bottom lock ing-bar 15 adjacent to the side-stick 12, said screw being provided with one` or more sockets 22 by means of which the screw can be turned by any suitable pin wrench. Mounted by means of screw-threads in the bottom-bar of the chase in alinement with Y the side locking-bar 19 is another screw 23.

provided with an angular head 24 by which the1 screw may be turned by any suitable too A With the screw21 in proper adjusted position relative to thelocking-bar 15, and with the foot-stick 11 and the side-stick 12 both in retracted position, a form is adapted to be placed in the chase 10. r1`hereupon through the Aaction of the screw 23 the form is'adapted to be locked firmly in position, the side-stick '12 being moved to the right in Fig. 1 by reason of the" longitudinal movement of the side locking-bar 19 as actuated by the advancing screw 23, and the foot-stick 11 being moved inward toward the form by reason of the movement of the bottom locking-bar 15` to the right in Fig. 1 as actuated by the screw 21 in engagement with the side-stick 12. As will be readily understood, after the locking ofY the sidestick 12 bymeans of the screw 2,3 the footstick 11 can bevstill further tightened by a proper rotation of the screw 21, but with the screw 21 in proper` adjustment before the lockin operation, the operation of lock ing the side-stick by means of the screw 23 serves simultaneously to lock the foot-stick. I The side-stick 12, the foot-stick 11, and

the side bars of the chase opposite to said two sticks, are chamfered at their upper inner edges to enable them to have the desired bearing upon the type, such chamfers being preferably of the character shown in connection with the foot-stick 1l in Fig. 2Q The foot-stick l1 is provided' at intervals along its inner edge with notches 2G adapted to receive the ends of the column rules of the form for holding the rules in vertical position for the placing of the type between them. The engaging edges of the side locking-bar 19 and the side-bar of the chase adjacent thereto are also cut out for a greater part of the length of said bars in order to reduce the frictional contact between suoli parts to a minimum, the adjacent-engaging edges of the bottom lockingbar and the foot-stick being also similarly cut away.. Y

In Fig. 3, which shows a modified form ofconstruction, the parts which correspond to those above described are indicated by the same reference characters but with the addition of an exponent a. In "this construction, a pair of bottom locking-bars 27-28 are provided adapted tovbe removed from the frame oit' the chase if desired. Such bars are milled out on their adjacent edges to lreceive-links 29 which are pivotally connected to the bars by suitable pivot pins 30, whereby the locking bars are adapted to be forced away from each other by a suitable longitudinal movement oi' the bar 2S byra screw 21a corresponding to the screw 21 as above described, serving thus to move the toot-stick 11a into proper locking position in the manner above described.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is

l. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, means for moving said side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, and means actuated by the locking movement of the side-stick for moving said foot stick into locking position, said last -named means being adapted to be adjustedfor moving the foot-stick into or out of locking position independently of any movement of the sidestick. y

2. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, means Jfor moving said side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, a bottom locking -bar by a longitudinal movement of which rsaid foot-stick is moved into locking position, and a screw interposed between said bottom locking-bar and said side-stick for causing them to move together for locking purposes, said screw being adapted by its adjustment toV vary the movement of the foot-stick relative to that of the sidestick.

3. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, means for moving said side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, a bottom lockingbar movable longitudinally of itself alongside of said foot-stick, a plurality of links pivotally connected with said lockingbar serving to cause the bar to move edgewise toward or away from the said foot-stick when the bar is moved longitudinally, and means actuated by the locking movement of the side-stick for moving said bottom locking-bar longitudinally in the same direction.

Li. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, means for moving said side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, a bottom locking-bar adapted to engage said foot-stick, links pivotally mounted on the bottom-bar of the chase and pivotally connected with said locking-bar whereby a movement of the locking-bar longitudinally of itself serves to move it toward or away from the bottom bar of the chase, and means actuated by the locking movement of the side-stick for moving said bottom locking-bar away from the bottoin-bar of the chase.

5. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, means for moving said side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, a bottom locking-bar adapted to engage said foot-stick, links pivotally mounted on the bottom-bar of the chase and pivotally connected with said locking-bar whereby a movement of the locking-bar longitudinally of itself serves to move it toward or away from the bottom bar of the chase, and a screw interposed between said bottom locking-bar and said side-stick for causing them to move together whereby upon a locking movement of the side-stick said foot-stick is also moved into locking position.

6. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, a side locking-bar located alongside of said side-stick, links pivotally connectin@ said side-stick with said side lockingbar whereby a movement of the locking-bar toward the top of the chase serves to move the side-stick into locking position, a footstick, a bottom locking-bar adapted to engage said foot-stick, links pivotally connecting said bottom locking-bar with said chase whereby a movement of the said bottom locking-bar away from the side of the chase at which said side-stick is located serves to move the foot-stick into locking position, and means actuated by the locking movement of the side locking-bar for giving said bottom locking-bar an operative locking movement.

7. In a chase, the combination of a sidestick, a side locking-bar located alongside of said side-stick, links pivotally connecting said side-stick with said side locking-bar whereby a movement of the locking-bar toward the top of the chase serves to move the side-stick into locking position, a foot-stick, a bottom locking-bar adapted to engage said foot-stick, links pivotally connecting said ioo ilo

bottom locking-bar with said chase whereby n movement of the said bottom locking-bar away from the Side of the chase at which said side-stick is located serves to move the foot-stick into looking position, a screw inn terposed between said bottom locking-bar and seid side-stick for causing them to move together upon an operative looking movement of the side-stick, and a screw interposed between said side locking-bar 1o and said chase for iving seid side-lockingbar an operative loiing movement.

ALBERT A. HEN ZI. Witnesses v GORDON C. ABBOTT, JOI-1N M. CARLSON.

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